Thank you, Mr. Chairman. The students still have to meet the same requirements to graduate as all other students. The Member asks specifically about science and lab. One of the things the $300,000 is used for is to purchase a lab in a box. It is a modular science lab which can be shipped to a school. As long as we have a few students who are interested in science, we have something available for them to use. We are going to be depending on distance technology to ensure the full spectrum of courses are offered to students in the smallest of communities. It would be difficult to expect in the smallest of communities that one teacher will be able to knowledgeably deal with absolutely every subject, but they are qualified to support students who have access through distance technology to specialist resources. If the Member would like, to graduate a student must still receive 100 credits and there are a number of mandatory courses and optional courses and I could provide the Member with a listing but the answer is, yes, the programs are available. No, not every course can be available in every single school. That is the case even here in Yellowknife, not every course which could be offered in a high school is, simply because even in Yellowknife we do not have the numbers to offer every single course. By and large, the courses needed by students are available.
Charles Dent on Committee Motion 24-13(4): Recommendation For Withdrawal Of Layoff Notices To Interpreters/translators
In the Legislative Assembly on February 24th, 1997. See this statement in context.
Committee Motion 24-13(4): Recommendation For Withdrawal Of Layoff Notices To Interpreters/translators
Item 19: Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters
February 24th, 1997
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